Artvoice celebrates 25 years with multimedia event

Buffalo alternative weekly Artvoice is celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend, with a major multi-media party at a long-overlooked site.

Artvoice’s “A Quarter in the Nickel City” will take place on Saturday at 1037 South Park Ave.. The site is the former home of Buffalo Color, a denim-dying facility that has stood unused for longer than Artvoice has existed.

The party will feature a host of bands, DJs, dancers, and visual artists, as well as a plethora of food vendors and food trucks. Scheduled to perform beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday are, among others, Soul Patch, Super Killer Robots, The Naturalists, Igloo Crew, Xotec, John “Sully” Patrick Sullivan, Rufus, Bacon, 3PO, Brian Milbrand and Chuck Tingley.

Tickets for the event are $10, and can be found now through Brownpapertickets.com.

Jeff Miers– The News' music critic since 2002, Jeff Miers also compiles the "90 Minutes" series where he highlights things to do in various Western New York neighborhoods. Miers co-hosts the monthly Gusto Vinyl Happy Hour at the Sportsmen's Tavern.